Thesaurus results for SOUGH

sough

verb

ˈsau̇

as in to sigh

to take in and let out a deep audible breath or to make a similar sound all night long the patient was soughing in her sleep

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Recent Examples of sough There have been at least 38 reports of and reviews mentioning the bristle detaching from the brushes, Weber said, and four reports of people who swallowed the metal bristles and sough medical treatment to remove them from their throat or digestive tract. —

Cbs Chicago Team, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026 The company joins others in the restaurant industry that have fallen on rough times and sough bankruptcy protection, including Razzoo’s and Bar Louie. —

Brian Womack, Dallas Morning News, 27 Jan. 2026 Although the foundations of rooms remained, like lines of an architectural drawing expressed by pebbles laid end to end, only the chimney still loomed against that hill of dead leaves and leafless trees, while traffic soughed indifferently below. —

William T. Vollmann, Harper's Magazine, 24 June 2024

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Verb

But the people in these plays aren’t sighing and slumping.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2026
The tension compelled viewers to sway with her, panic with her every jump, sigh in relief after each flawless landing.

— Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026